Train got in at 8.15 in morning. Went to Eva's house to drop off bags, then on to Dareks parents apartment for beautiful Polish breakfast. Dareks dad, Joseph, took us to see his garden allotment. He has plums, apples, grapes, peaches, tomatoes, capsicum. Had beer and grapes on his allotment hut balcony. Back to Eva's place and then walk through Iława along ...

... out, and a Friday afternoon at that, we walked back to the hotel, hopped into the car and headed to Gardeja, a 15-minute drive away. Gardeja was once Garnsee, the birthplace of Wally, but as we now knew, absolutely nothing of that old German town survived the war. Still, it was nice to park the car and walk around. The old maps confirmed that what was once Hindenburg Strasse, was now the main road through town. We walked the length of the town trying ...

... out my iPhone and asked for directions. Both devices gave the same route to the hotel. Five minutes later we were safely parked inside the gated Hotel Maxim.

It was now getting late in the day and we were thoroughly tired of sitting. After checking into the hotel and depositing the bags into our room we headed out for a brief walk around the nearby area. As it was dinnertime, as well, we thought we’d try to find a place to eat. It seems that ...